Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Masikiri raAsafi. Haiwa vanhu vangu, inzwai kudzidzisa kwangu; teererai mashoko omuromo wangu.
2 I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
Ndichashamisa muromo wangu nditaure nomufananidzo, ndichataura zvinhu zvakavanzika, zvinhu zvakare kare,
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
zvatakanzwa nezvatakaziva, zvatakaudzwa namadzibaba edu.
4 We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
Hatingazozvivanziri vana vavo; tichaudza rudzi runotevera mabasa angarumbidzwa aJehovha, simba rake, nezvishamiso zvaakaita.
5 He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
Akatema zvirevo zvaJakobho akasimbisa murayiro muIsraeri, waakarayira madzitateguru edu kuti vadzidzise vana vavo,
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
kuti rudzi runotevera ruzvizive, kunyange vana vachazoberekwa, naivo vagozoudzawo vana vavo.
7 In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
Ipapo vachavimba naMwari wavo uye havangazokanganwi mabasa ake asi vachazochengeta mirayiro yake.
8 They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
Havazofanani namadzitateguru avo, rudzi rwakanga rwakasindimara uye rwaimumukira, mwoyo yavo yakanga isingateereri Mwari, mweya yavo yakanga isina kutendeka kwaari.
9 [The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
Vanhu vokwaEfuremu, kunyange vakanga vakapakata uta, vakadzokera shure pazuva rokurwa;
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
havana kuchengeta sungano yaMwari, uye vakaramba kufamba maererano nomurayiro wake.
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
Vakakanganwa zvaakaita, zvishamiso zvaakavaratidza.
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Akaita zviratidzo pamberi pamadzibaba avo munyika yeIjipiti, mudunhu reZoani.
13 [Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
Akapamura gungwa akavayambutsa napakati; akaita kuti mvura imire yakasimba sorusvingo.
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Akavatungamirira negore masikati, uye nechiedza chomoto usiku hwose.
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Akapamura ruware mugwenga akavapa mvura yakawanda seyamakungwa;
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
akabudisa hova dzemvura paruware akaita kuti iyerere seyenzizi.
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Asi vakaramba vachingomutadzira, vachimukira Wokumusoro-soro mugwenga.
18 By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
Vakaedza Mwari nobwoni vachimugombedzera kuti avape zvokudya zvavaipanga.
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
Vakapopotera Mwari, vachiti, “Ko, Mwari angawadzira tafura mugwenga here?
20 [It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
Paakarova dombo, mvura yakatubuka, uye hova dzakayerera mvura zhinji. Asi angagona kutipawo zvokudya here? Angavigira vanhu vake nyama here?”
21 So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
Jehovha akati avanzwa, akatsamwa zvikuru kwazvo; moto wake ukaveserwa Jakobho, uye hasha dzake dzikamukira Israeri,
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
nokuti havana kutenda muna Mwari kana kuvimba nokurwira kwake.
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
Asi akarayira matenga kumusoro akazarura makonhi okumatenga;
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
akanayisa mana kuti vanhu vadye, akavapa zviyo zvokudenga.
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
Vanhu vakadya chingwa chavatumwa; akavatumira zvokudya zvose zvavaigona kudya.
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
Akazarura mhepo yokumabvazuva kubva kudenga, uye akafambisa mhepo yakabva zasi nesimba rake.
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
Akavanayisira nyama pamusoro pavo seguruva, shiri dzinobhururuka dzakaita sejecha rokumhenderekedzo yegungwa.
28 God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
Akaita kuti dziburukire mumisasa yavo, dzakapoteredza matende avo ose.
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
Vakadya kusvikira vaguta kwazvo, nokuti akanga avapa zvavakanga vachipanga.
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
Asi vasati vafuratira chokudya chavaikarira, kunyange pachakanga chichiri pamiromo yavo,
31 God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
kutsamwa kwaMwari kwakavamukira; akauraya vakanga vakanyanya kusimba pakati pavo, akaparadza majaya eIsraeri.
32 In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
Kunyange zvakadaro, vakaramba vachingotadza; kunyange zvazvo zviratidzo zvake izvi zvaivapo, havana kutenda.
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
Saka akagumisa mazuva avo nezvisina maturo, uye makore avo mukutya.
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
Pose pavaiurayiwa naMwari, ndipo pavaimutsvaka; vaishingairira kudzokerazve kwaari.
35 They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
Vakarangarira kuti Mwari ndiye Dombo ravo, kuti Mwari Wokumusoro-soro ndiye Mudzikinuri wavo.
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
Asizve vaingomubata kumeso nemiromo yavo, vachimurevera nhema nendimi dzavo;
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
mwoyo yavo yakanga isina kutendeka kwaari, vakanga vasina kutendeka pasungano yake.
38 But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
Kunyange zvakadaro iye akavanzwira tsitsi; akavakanganwira kuipa kwavo akasavaparadza. Nguva nenguva akadzora kutsamwa kwake, uye haana kumutsa hasha dzake dzose.
39 He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Akarangarira kuti ivo vaingova nyama bedzi, mhepo inopfuura isingadzoki.
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Vakamumukira mugwenga kazhinji sei, uye vakamuitisa shungu murenje!
41 Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
Vakaedza Mwari vamuedzazve; vakagumbusa Iye Mutsvene waIsraeri.
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
Havana kurangarira simba rake, zuva raakavadzikinura kubva pamudzvinyiriri,
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
zuva raakaratidza zviratidzo zvake zvinoshamisa muIjipiti, zvishamiso zvake mudunhu reZoani.
44 He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
Akashandura nzizi dzavo dzikava ropa; havana kugona kunwa muhova dzavo.
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
Akavatumira mapupira enhunzi dzikavaparadza, uye matatya akavaparadza zvikuru.
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
Akapa zviyo zvavo kumagutaguta nezvibereko zvavo kumhashu.
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
Akaparadza mazambiringa avo nechimvuramabwe, uye namaonde emionde yavo nechando.
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
Mombe dzavo akadziisa kuchimvuramabwe, nezvipfuwo zvavo kukurova kwemheni.
49 Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
Akaregedzera kutsamwa kwake kukuru pamusoro pavo, hasha dzake, shungu dzake noukasha hwake, boka ravatumwa vokuparadza.
50 He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
Akagadzira nzira yokutsamwa kwake; haana kuponesa mweya yavo parufu asi akavaisa kudenda.
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
Akauraya matangwe ose eIjipiti, chibereko chokutanga chomurume pamatende aHamu.
52 Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
Asi akabudisa vanhu vake seboka ramakwai; akavatungamirira samakwai nomugwenga.
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
Akavafambisa norugare, asi gungwa rakamedza vavengi vavo.
54 [Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
Saizvozvo akavasvitsa kumuganhu wenyika yake tsvene, kunyika yamakomo yaakatora noruoko rwake rworudyi.
55 He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
Akadzinga ndudzi mberi kwavo, akagovera nyika yavo kwavari senhaka; akagarisa rudzi rwaIsraeri mudzimba dzavo.
56 However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
Asi vakaedza Mwari uye vakamukira Wokumusoro-soro; vakasachengeta zvirevo zvake.
57 Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
Vakanga vasingazvirereki uye vasina kutendeka samadzibaba avo, vasingavimbiki souta hunonyengera.
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
Vakamutsamwisa nenzvimbo dzavo dzakakwirira; vakamutsa godo rake nokuda kwezvifananidzo zvavo.
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
Mwari akati avanzwa akatsamwa zvikuru kwazvo; akaramba Israeri zvachose.
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
Akasiya tabhenakeri yeShiro, iyo tende yaakanga amisa pakati pavanhu.
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
Akaendesa areka yesimba rake kuutapwa, kubwinya kwake mumaoko omuvengi.
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
Akaisa vanhu vake kumunondo; akatsamwira nhaka yake zvikuru kwazvo.
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
Moto wakaparadza majaya avo, uye varandakadzi vavo vakashayiwa nziyo dzesvitsa;
64 [Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
vaprista vavo vakanga vaiswa kumunondo, uye chirikadzi dzavo hadzina kugona kuchema.
65 Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
Ipapo Ishe akamuka somunhu anga akakotsira, somunhu amuka pakubatwa newaini.
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
Akarova vavengi vake vakadzokera shure; akavanyadzisa nokusingaperi.
67 [But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
Ipapo akaramba matende aJosefa, haana kusarudza rudzi rwaEfuremu;
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
asi akasarudza rudzi rwaJudha, Gomo reZioni, raakada.
69 He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
Akavaka nzvimbo yake tsvene senhare yakakwirira, senyika yaakasimbisa nokusingaperi.
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
Akasarudza Dhavhidhi muranda wake, akamutora kumatanga amakwai;
71 where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
akamubvisa pakufudza makwai kuti ave mufudzi wavanhu vake Jakobho, vaIsraeri nhaka yake.
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
Uye Dhavhidhi akavafudza nokururama kwomwoyo; akavatungamirira namaoko ouchenjeri.
